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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH TN 1887 John L. Sullivan fought the young and stalwart Patsy Cardiff, whose reputation had stretched so high that the sports pages hailed him as the Peoria Giant. Jawn L. weighed more than 230 pounds that night In Minneapolis. When he donned his tights in the dressing room their waist line immediately was concealed by the lapping flesh. But the Boston Strong Boy parted his mustache, gulped another tall one and stumbled out. At the bell he charged across the ring, swinging lustily, seeming 'determined to get it over quickly. But the Peoria Giant was young and sturdy, finely trained for this grand opportunity. He withstood it all, even one of Jawn L.s best to his jaw. Then he began landing some vicious blows of his own. They came Into the third. Sullivan was breathing In short, quick, noisy puffs. Perhaps this was because he was so far out of shape. Perhaps also it was because he was enraged at this Peoria Giant who had dared to defy him. He leaped across the ring, swinging a fist that had all his 230 pounds behind it. The blow landed on the young mans jaw. His legs quivered. He staggered. But the Peoria Giant stayed up. Indeed this youngster who could hit and box and take it stayed for three more rounds until the scheduled affair was ended. Then they called it a draw and also summoned doctors. When the physicians emerged from the dressing room the fans who loved him listened and were satisfied. They knew now why Jawn L., after landing his Sunday punch, had not been able to finish this aggressive young giant who had faced him. When, the doctors said, he had landed that right to the jaw of the Peoria Giant, the Boston Strong Boy had broken his arm. new-grow- n New York Post. Its Hard WNU Service. to Judge Rookies Ere First Southern Tests t NE minute after he had possession s of a good of the seat, he was proudly displaying a receipt for a lower berth and even more proudly confiding that he was bound all the two-third- way to Florida. Yeah, he said. You travel in style when you get to where I am. Why, say, fellow, look at that He could have been an actor, reporter or traveling salesman, but even before he had finished the sentence I had placed him. I also knew why he preferred to ride for a while in the smoking car. People who travel in pullmans are not always sympathetic and they are not always baseball fans. Look at that big Ruth," he continued. Why" We did not look at Ruth. It would have been rather a difficult assignment anyhow 6ince, at this moment, when the train was speeding through Delaware, Babe was down South banging golf balls up and down the links. stead, with his fully and happy I joined my seatmate in lookat himself. ing He is twenty-twyears old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 192 pounds and won 21 while losing six in a very minor league last year. He comes from (and this part of the information was merely gleaned from the rich harvest of his more important remarks, such as that Dean, why he talks too much to be that Mungo, say if I good," and wasnt gonna be faster than him, say Id ) a town such as Paw Paw, Mich. (Pop. 2,000.) Possibly experience should have taught me better, but I had to get off at Baltimore and when we shook hands I tried to slip in a word. If its not , Well, kid, I told him. just what you expect or if after the season opens you have any trouble getting to feel at home In . Trouble." He repeated the words and looked at me scornfully. Why should I have any? Ill be a star, wont I? Besides, one towns just the same as another to me. Why, when we moved to Paw Paw it wasnt a week before I was wise to everything in that burg. Say, fellow, I But the train pulled out then and possibly I shall never know what else he was going to say. Possibly I will, though. Baseball is funny that way and it is especially funny when you try to judge rookies before thgy have undergone the leavening Influence of the first training camp. o Pepper Martin Rode Freight to First Camp For instance, there was that youngster who arrived at the Cards camp one spring. Except for two things he would have been the most inconspicuous rookie in town. These two things were that his clothes were extraordinarily shabby and that he seemed in dire need of a good meal. They told me how $65 was all the money that the boy had in the world when he left home. How he wanted to save that so that he might feel secure and not be obligated to any one. How, in order to do this, he had ridden on freight trains from Oklahoma to Florida. How, a few hours before he had arrived at camp, somebody had stolen Pepper Martin th moneys evi- Perhaps such dence of ambition did cause them to call the turn and predict that the boy was bound to be a good one. 1 doubt feel that it was months it Somehow 1 was well on his way to he when later, berunning off with a World Series and front-pagsensation througha coming out the land' that everybody realized that rookie really meant business. By that time, of course, Pepper Martin did not care what had been the sptingtime thoughts of those who bad .surrounded him. By next fall, too, it is possible that the young man on the train will not care a bit wht one sports writer thought of him. e . UTAH saw what a magnificent structure Ziegfeld Was a Genius that long, lean body was for its banin Realistic Painting nerlike draperies, and how the blankThe reason the Follies became the institution they were and gave birth to new developments in lighting, coss tuming and plastique lay in in human genius beings using as painters use the contents of color tubes. He possessed a peculiar instinct when it came to women. Some of his girls had a quality rarer than beauty a uniqueness, some characteristic you and I would never see. I have often sat with him at auditions and wondered why he chose certain types. There might not be the faintest glimpse of charm only a long, lean body and a commonplace face but afterwards, when the girl was made up and costumed, you Zieg-feld- flag-wavin- ness of that face had arranged Itself into two eyes that looked like stars and a mouth adventurous and exciting. Fannie Brice in Cosmopolitan Magazine. 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The gentlemen who are arguing whether Jack Dempsey ever signed a contract to meet Harry Wills might be interested to know that the document reposes in the Madison Square Garden cornerstone. Tex Rickard, who never suspected that the' boys would start snapping at one another about It, placed it there when the building was dedicated. . . . Pat McAteer, an Irisher n and one of the stars of the Football association, also is a member of the Hatikvoh Jewish soccer team. . . . Art Lesieur, Les Canadiens defense ace, to wear a hat even in zero weather. Recently, because they feared that he would catch cold, his bosses bought him a bonnet and placed it on his head. The next day Lesieur caught cold. There are smart gentlemen who will bet you that Red Rains name will not be on the list when the Kentucky Derby nominations close on Saturday. . . . 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